Person
Artist
Rahic Talif
拉黑子‧達立夫
Date of birth
1962
Place Of birth
Fengbin, Taiwan, Asia
Active
Location of his studio 'Toko Studio'
Biography
Indigenous Taiwanese artist RahicTalif was born in the Amis Makota’ay village of Hualien, Taiwan in 1962. He works across multiple media including sculpture, installation art, performance art, architecture, and furniture, and his interests include reworking tribal culture, indigenous society and culture. As a result of the tribal age hierarchy he has served in the position of mama-no-kapah (father of youth), in which capacity he has been responsible for guiding young people, organizing and managing the entire tribe. From his collection of tribal myths, oral histories and visits to old tribal sites, Rahic has sought to relearn tribal wisdom and helped tribal members participate in art exhibitions at home and abroad, as well as creating public art works. Many of Rahic’s works reference aspects of ocean culture and traditional tribal spirit. He is particularly interested in issues of globalisation and environmental destruction; his work examines issues such as the collapse of communal structure and the impact of major social change. In 2000, Rahic received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council to attend art activities in the USA. In 2014, he was designated an ocean culture artist by the National Museum of Marine science and Technology.
